Revision as of 2011 June by Peter Dunn

Acts of Paul

Type: Writing
Subtype: Acts

Alternate Labels

  • Paul, Acts of

Composed of:

I-XIV Episodes in the mission of Paul. See especially Willy Rordorf, Pierre Cherix and Rodolphe Kasser’s translation in “Actes de Paul” in F. Bovon, P. Geoltran, Écrits apocryphes chrétiens, pp. 1117-1177.

Episodes and their principle witnesses:

*I. Damascus: John Rylands Papyrus
*II.Antioch (of Syria?) – Coptic Heidelberg Papyrus (PHeid)
*III. Iconium – PHeid, Greek miniscules
*IV. Antioch (of Pisidia?) – PHeid, Greek miniscules
*VI. Sidon – PHeid
*VII. Tyre – PHeid
*VIII. Jerusalem (?) – PHeid (Smyrna is also probable, cf. Life of Polycarp, in Lightfoot part 2, vol. 3
*IX. Ephesus – Hamburg Papyrus bil. 1 (PHamb; Coptic Bodmer Papyrus XLI
*X. Philippi (3 Corinthians) PHeid
*XI. Philippi – PHeid
XII. Corinth – PHamb
XIII. Voyage to Italy – PHamb, other papyri, PHeid
XIV. Martyrdom of Paul – PHamb, PHeid, miniscules, Coptic

The following chapters were transmitted separately in versions and medieval manuscripts (miniscules):

  • Acts of Paul and Thecla (episodes III, IV – Over 50 manuscripts in Greek, Coptic, Latin, Syriac, and Armenian versions
  • 3 Corinthians (The apocryphal correspondence between Paul and the Corinthians) – Greek, Bodmer Papyrus X; Coptic (Heidelberg Papyrus), Latin, Armenian
  • Martyrdom of Paul, available principally in Greek and Coptic

Key Passages

Reading List

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